Tales of masked killers and man-eating mutants are more associated with the world of film than literature, but if the success of horror writers like Stephen...
I’ll keep watching new Final Destination movies as long as they keep making them, but I’m personally much more supportive of heartfelt rip-offs than officially licensed...
One of my favorite hobbies back during the age of the “old” internet was spending hours searching for creepy flash games on shady websites. Free titles...
There’s a popular theory about how nightmares may have evolved as a natural form of exposure therapy where our brains simulate encounters with our deepest fears...
We’ve covered quite a few post-apocalyptic films in previous editions of Horror Adjacent, and I think there’s a simple reason for that. No matter how light-hearted...
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There’s a famous incident where television host James Lipton shocked Steven Spielberg by suggesting that the musical communication in the director’s 1977 classic Close Encounters of...
For as much as people like to poke fun at kid-oriented genre productions these days, the fact is that there has never been a better time...
Weird fiction may not be quite as popular as more traditional genres like fantasy or even gothic horror, but you’d be surprised with how much of...
Before the days of viral memes and easily accessible YouTube trailers, marketing for genre films used to be a very different experience. Since it wasn’t guaranteed...
From hidden background scares to ghosts allegedly lurking in mainstream comedy films, the most memorable frights usually come from encountering something spooky in the place that...
The prevalence of zombies as faceless canon-fodder in genre media can mostly be explained by how much easier it is to convincingly depict a walking corpse...
Studies suggest that human laughter might have evolved as a way of communicating that a perceived source of danger is actually harmless. That’s why it makes...
I’ve always found it amazing that Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart spawned such a successful franchise. On paper, it seems like a psychosexual story about demonic...
Time travel stories have been prevalent in human culture since before science fiction was even a thing, so it stands to reason that these tales of...
The Japanese horror boom of the 1990s wasn’t just limited to film, as most of the classic survival horror franchises that we now know and love...
As the Resident Evil franchise steadily marches towards its 30th anniversary, enough time has passed that a whole generation of fans now consider the series’ divisive...
It’s been nearly three years since Konami first announced their plans to revitalize the Silent Hill franchise, and while we’ve seen a few missteps during this...
A while back, Capcom set up a poll asking fans which of the company’s established franchises they most wanted to see get a new entry. And...
I’ve always had a soft spot for movies chronicling that nebulous time between youth and adulthood, where characters go through introspective journeys of self-discovery meant to...
When it comes to revisiting the gateway horror media that haunted our youth, we often find ourselves baffled by the silly and often laughable things that...
You should always take a movie’s claims of being “based on a true story” with a grain of salt. Sure, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is...
Last year, over 670 films were released in America, and that number has been steadily increasing every year since the end of the pandemic. That’s why...
The Academy Awards aren’t exactly an objective measure of cinematic quality, but it’s always gratifying to see hard-working artists be rewarded for their output – especially...
Humanity has been sharing stories about horrific monsters since time immemorial, and some of these tales have become so ingrained in culture that they end up...
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